About

Dr. Manjunath M N. Transplant Pulmonologist at KIMS Hospital.

Transplant Pulmonologist, Interventional Pulmonologist and Sleep Medicine specialist at KIMS Hospital, Electronic City - personally managing more than 250 lung transplant cases across evaluation, ECMO support, surgery and long-term follow-up, within one of Asia's largest thoracic transplant programmes.

Dr. Manjunath M N - Transplant Pulmonologist at KIMS Hospital, Electronic City, Bengaluru
Dr. Manjunath M N Transplant Pulmonologist MBBS · MD · DNB · FIP
KIMS Hospital Karnataka MC 116911

Training

A decade of pulmonary specialisation.

From MBBS at Bangalore Medical College through fellowship training at Manipal University and consultant roles at Manipal Hospitals and the Institute of Heart & Lung Transplantation - the path leading to Dr. Manjunath M N's current practice at KIMS Electronic City.

Present · KIMS Bengaluru

Attending Consultant - Interventional Pulmonology, Lung Transplantation & Sleep Medicine

KIMS Hospital, Electronic City, Bengaluru

Lung transplantation, ECMO and respiratory critical care, interventional pulmonology, sleep medicine.

Dr Manjunath M N's consultation cabin at KIMS Electronic City
Consultation cabin · KIMS Electronic City
Oct 2022 - 2025

Consultant - Transplant & Interventional Pulmonology

Institute of Heart and Lung Transplantation, KIMS Hospital, Hyderabad

Comprehensive ECMO patient care, perioperative ICU management, pre- and post-transplant patient care, post-transplant airway interventions - within a programme that has completed 750+ thoracic transplants.

Dr Manjunath M N presenting India's first successful Redo Double Lung Transplantation at the ESOT Congress, London 2025
India's First Redo DLTx · ESOT 2025 London
2021 - Oct 2022

Specialist - Interventional Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine

Manipal Hospitals, HAL Old Airport Road, Bangalore

2020 - 2021

Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology (FIP)

Manipal Hospitals, HAL Bangalore - Manipal University (MAHE)

Diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, EBUS, medical pleuroscopy, central airway interventions, airway stenting.

2017 - 2020

MD Pulmonary Medicine

JSS Medical College & Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore

Respiratory critical care, sleep-related breathing disorders, pulmonary procedures including thoracocentesis, tube thoracotomy, pleural biopsy and pleurodesis.

2016 - 2017

CRRI - Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship

Bangalore Medical College affiliated hospitals: Victoria Hospital, Vani Vilas Hospital, Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital, Minto Regional Eye Institute

MBBS / Gold Medal

MBBS - Bangalore Medical College

Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore

Gold Medalist - Pediatrics.

Dr Manjunath M N receiving the MBBS Gold Medal at Bangalore Medical College
Convocation, Bangalore Medical College

Qualifications & affiliations

Registered, qualified, affiliated.

Full permanent registration with the National Medical Council via the Karnataka Medical Council (Reg. No. 116911). Member of six international and national pulmonology and transplantation societies.

Qualifications 4 degrees

MBBS

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery

Bangalore Medical College

Gold Medalist · Pediatrics
MD

Pulmonary Medicine

JSS Medical College, Mysore

DNB

Respiratory Medicine

National Board of Examination, New Delhi

FIP

Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology

Manipal University (MAHE)

International memberships 4 societies

ISHLT

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

ESOT

European Society for Organ Transplantation

ACCP

American College of Chest Physicians

ERS

European Respiratory Society

National memberships 2 societies

ICS Indian Chest Society
IMA Indian Medical Association

Capabilities

Procedural depth.

Procedural skills acquired during fellowship training at Manipal University and applied across ICU, transplant and outpatient settings - including procedures performed on ventilated and ECMO patients.

Diagnostic

7 procedures
  • Videobronchoscopy
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
  • Bronchial brush
  • Endobronchial biopsy
  • Fluoroscopy-guided transbronchial biopsy
  • EBUS - Endobronchial ultrasound
  • Medical pleuroscopy

Therapeutic & Airway

7 procedures
  • Rigid bronchoscopy
  • Foreign body removal (FOB)
  • Central airway therapeutic interventions
  • Airway stenting
  • Post-transplant airway interventions
  • Flexible bronchoscopy on ventilated patients
  • Flexible bronchoscopy on ECMO patients

Pleural & Critical Care

6 procedures
  • Thoracocentesis
  • Tube thoracotomy
  • Intercostal chest drainage
  • Pleurex catheter insertion
  • Pleurodesis
  • Pleural biopsy

Publications

Peer-reviewed research.

Original research and case reports in European Respiratory Journal and the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - covering pulmonary hypertension in PF-ILD, chronic lung allograft dysfunction, plasmablastic lymphoma in transplant recipients, and national-level transplantation outcome data.

First Author
2024 JHLT

Efficacy and Safety of JAK2 Inhibitor Plus Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction: A Single Centre Experience.

M. Negigowda, V. Rahulan, M. Lalani, O. Tisekar, S. Priyaranjan, P. Dutta, A. Mohandas, M. B N, M. M, M. Sameer, S. Attawar.

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - 2024

First Author
2023 ERJ

Pulmonary hypertension in patients with Progressive Fibrosing Interstitial Lung disease (PF-ILD) referred for Lung transplantation: Retrospective study from India.

Manjunath M Negigowda, V. Rahulan, M. Lalani, O. Tisekar, S. Priyaranjan, P. Dutta, S. Arora, S. Attawar.

European Respiratory Journal 2023; 62 (suppl 67): PA3498

Contributor
2025 JHLT

Heart-Lung and Bilateral Lung Transplantation in Septuagenarians: Impact and outcome - Indian experience.

S. Priyaranjan, V. Rahulan, M. Lalani, M. Negigowda, S. Kasilingam, U. Shah, P. Dutta, A. Mohandas, M. B N, M. M, S. Attawar.

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - 2025

Contributor
2025 JHLT

Tuberculosis Post Lung Transplantation - An Indian experience.

S. Priyaranjan, V. Rahulan, M. Lalani, M. Negigowda, S. Kasilingam, U. Shah, P. Dutta, A. Mohandas, M. B N, M. M, S. Attawar.

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - 2025

Contributor
2025 JHLT

Lung Transplantation in India: Demographic trends, gender disparity and indications.

S. Priyaranjan, V. Rahulan, M. Lalani, M. Negigowda, U. Shah, P. Dutta, A. Mohandas, M. B N, M. M, S. Attawar.

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - 2025

Contributor
2025 JHLT

Plasmablastic Lymphoma in a Lung Transplant recipient.

M. Lalani, V. Rahulan, M. Negigowda, U. Shah, S. Priyaranjan, P. Dutta, A. Mohandas, M. B N, M. M, M. Sameer, S. Attawar.

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - 2025

Postgraduate Thesis

"Airway bacterial species associated with exacerbation of COPD among tobacco smokers and non-smokers."

Speaking & faculty

International faculty appearances.

Selected speaking engagements and faculty roles, 2024-2025 - including a milestone presentation of India's first successful Redo Double Lung Transplant at ESOT London.

Dr Manjunath M N presenting India's first successful Redo Double Lung Transplantation at the ESOT Congress, London 2025

Milestone Presentation · ESOT 2025

India's first successful Redo Double Lung Transplant.

Dr. Manjunath M N presented the case at the European Society for Organ Transplantation Congress, London - a first-in-India milestone from the KIMS thoracic transplant programme.

ESOT 2025 London First in India

Other engagements · 2024-2025

2025 / INSHLT Indian Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation Faculty & Chairperson
2025 / NAPCON National Conference of Pulmonology - ECMO workshop National Faculty
2024 / ISHLT Prague International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation International Speaker

On stage & international congresses · 2023-2025

Dr Manjunath M N speaking at ISHLT 2024, Prague
ISHLT 2024 · Prague
Dr Manjunath M N delivering the 'Donor-Recipient Matching in Lung Transplantation' lecture
Donor-Recipient Matching lecture
Dr Manjunath M N felicitated as faculty at the NAPCON 2025 ECMO and Lung Transplant workshop
NAPCON 2025 · ECMO workshop
Dr Manjunath M N at the ERS International Congress 2023, Milan
ERS 2023 · Milan

Where I practice

KIMS Hospital, Electronic City.

Dr. Manjunath M N delivers outpatient consultations, advanced bronchoscopy, and pre & post-transplant follow-up at KIMS Super Speciality Hospital on the PES University Electronic City campus.

Visit details & directions
Dr Manjunath M N's consultation cabin at KIMS Electronic City - exam chair, desk and workstation KIMS Electronic City

Get in touch

Discuss your case with Dr. Manjunath M N.

Consultations at KIMS Hospital, Electronic City - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday to Saturday. For consultations, second opinions, or referrals - reach out directly.

Dr. Manjunath M N - Transplant Pulmonologist at KIMS Hospital, Electronic City, Bengaluru Transplant Pulmonologist